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title: חֵלֶק — smoothness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֵלֶק (lemma:חֵלֶק), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: smoothness. BDB 1906: smoothness, seductiveness of speech. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֵלֶק

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«חֵלֶק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **smoothness** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:חֵלֶק · **BDB:** חֵ֫לֶק³

### Glosses

the.seductiveness (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

smoothness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b5_5dc_5b6_5e7/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

smoothness, seductiveness of speech [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b5_5dc_5b6_5e7/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] smoothness, seductiveness of speech, only sg. cstr. בְּחֵלֶק שְׂפָתֶיהָ תַּדִּיחֶ֑נּוּ Pr 7:21 with the seductiveness of her lips she impelleth him (‖ הִטַּתּוּ בְּרֹב לִקְחָהּ).—i. and ii. חֵלֶק v. sub I. חלק.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (11 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֵלֶק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b5_5dc_5b6_5e7/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 7:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.7.21/)

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הִ֭טַּתּוּ בְּרֹ֣ב לִקְחָ֑הּ בְּחֵ֥לֶק שְׂ֝פָתֶ֗יהָ תַּדִּיחֶֽנּוּ׃

*Word for word:* she turns.him with the.greatness her.persuasiveness her with the.seductiveness her.lips her she impels.him

*JPS 1917:* With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield, with the blandishment of her lips she enticeth him away.

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